Technology Today 2007 Issue 1 - Raytheon

Events
National Guard Information Technology Conference:
Meeting the Joint C4 Challenge
Approximately 1,800 attendees joined nearly
180 exhibitors and speakers at the
National Guard Information Technology
Conference, held Dec 3–8, 2006, in Las
Vegas. Raytheon responded to “Meeting
the Joint C4 Challenge” by displaying capabilities
for emergency situational awareness.
More than 20 Network Centric Systems
(NCS) employees were on hand to staff the
exhibit and speak with customers, business
partners and potential first responders.
Raytheon’s Total Solutions Package
When crises arise — whether it be from
natural disasters or man-made threats —
incident management teams rely on effective
coordination between disparate agencies,
each with its own protocol, applications
and networks. Raytheon’s answer to
this challenge is an integrated solution that
links first responders with local, state and
federal professionals.
Demonstrating a sampling of these applications,
Raytheon presented an infrastructure
that included technologies in both the
wired and wireless domains. Raytheon’s
exhibit paired with three other exhibitors —
Nortel Networks, Segovia and Fortress
Technologies — to simulate an emergency
operations center capable of big-picture
emergency situational awareness. “The
intent of the applications and services is
to allow public safety and first responder
individuals to perform their jobs more
safely, more efficiently and with more
knowledge,” said Bill Iannacci, director
of ICS Strategic Initiatives at NCS in
Marlborough, Mass.
Partner companies — JPS Communications,
DropFire, NexPort Solutions and Eagle
Project — joined with Raytheon to
showcase the total package with the
companies’ staff on hand representing a
unified Raytheon team. “We are taking
a true agnostic view in partnering with
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potential customers in order to reduce
their capital expenditure and maximize the
efficiency of their operational forecast,”
explained Iannacci.
The demonstration included the Emergency
Patient Tracking System (EPTS), which facilitates
triage and transport of victims during
mass casualty incidents; Mobile Enhanced
Situational Awareness (MESA), which disseminates
the Common Operational Picture
for Public Safety and Civil Support forces;
and voice interoperability solutions and the
MicroLight TM radio to ensure communications
interoperability and information sharing.
Partner companies provided additional
applications and software to enhance situational
awareness.
Why the National Guard?
“We have been asked to start up a
business focused on servicing the federal,
state and local level needs for public safety
and first response,” said Iannacci. “The
National Guard is a big player in this
market space.” •
Upcoming Engineering and
Technology External Events
2007 Systems and Software
Technology Conference (SSTC)
Enabling the Global Mission
June 18–21, 2007
Tampa, Florida
http://www.sstc-online.org
International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE) 2007
Systems Engineering:
Key to Intelligent Enterprises
June 24–28, 2007
San Diego, California
http://www.incose.org/symp2007
American Institute of Aeronautics
and Astronautics (AIAA) Space 2007
Conference and Exposition
Sept. 18–20, 2007
Long Beach, California
http://www.aiaa.org